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GR060 Land at Tweedale, Keith Hall, Inverurie 19. Other information Transport Assessment (Inverurie Wide) Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Designed Landscape Appraisal Please tick to confirm your agreement to the following statement: x By completing this form I agree that Aberdeenshire Council can use the information provided in this form for the purposes of identifying possible land for allocation in the next Local Development Plan. I also agree that the information provided, other than contact details and information that is deemed commercially sensitive (questions 1 to 3), can be made available to the public. 11 Inverurie – East Balhalgardy Site location plan The proposed Keithhall development has the potential to deliver around 400 houses to the East of Inverurie. Along with the housing, the landholding associated with the development can deliver a considerable stretch of what could form an Eastern Relief Road for Inverurie. Bancon have promoted the idea for three LDP reviews now, and remain convinced that the only deliverable solution for the long term relief of congestion within Inveruirie Town Centre is to provide an alternative route for traffic between the North of Inverurie (Oldmeldrum, Rothienorman etc.) and the A96 that avoids the town centre. Congestion has been compounded by development at Uryside, which is set to continue. The provision of this Eastern 12 Relief Road will release capacity within the local road network to accommodate large housing allocations to meet the requirement of the Strategic Growth Area set out in the extant Strategic Development Plan. Whilst there are areas of the town that can accommodate small scale housing releases without large scale infrastructure improvements, the longer term housing requirement can only be met with a significant roads infrastructure project aimed at relieving congestion in the town centre. Transport Scotland are currently promoting the dualling of the A96 from Aberdeen to inverness, but have made it clear that the project is not aimed at addressing any local congestion issues outwith their remit as Trunk Road Authority. It is therefore unreasonable for Aberdeenshire Council to adopt a position of not allocating land to meet the housing requirement while they await Transport Scotland resolving the congestion issues in Inverurie. It is absolutely necessary for Aberdeenshire Council to take positive action to address the congestion issues. The scale of housing requirement identified in the Strategic Development Plan offers the opportunity to spread the cost of delivering a solution such as the Eastern Relief Road across a large number of houses, in order to fund it effectively over the medium term. The allocation of this site can, at worst, be allocated as strategic reserve pending resolution of the transportation issues, which shall be resolved during the plan period. This would ensure that effective sustainable growth can be provided and not leave the Authority in the position of having a resolution with no enabling development in place. 13 AECOM 4 Capabilities on project: Transportation The above allocations are proposed by Aberdeenshire Councils as the preferred sites for development, however alternative locations are available within Inverurie which will have significant benefits. This would be particularly important in the Phase 1 period where major infrastructure improvements would not be feasible in terms of timescales or available funding. Sustainable locations which can integrate into the existing infrastructure will be of paramount importance as they will not be reliant upon private car use, and will subsequently minimise the impact upon the road network until such time as infrastructure improvements can be provided. The Development Proposal The Bancon proposals would see four distinct areas developed around Inverurie with the following maximum housing densities: 1. Ardtannes - maximum 100 dwellings 2. Balhalgardy - maximum 500 dwellings 3. Conglass - maximum 200 dwellings 4. Keithhall - maximum 700 dwellings The above sites have been considered in conjunction with other LDP sites and differing levels of development in order to gain an appreciation of which allocations are best suited in terms of the local road network and sustainability. A major new piece of infrastructure has also been considered in the form of a new distributor road to the east of Inverurie. The new distributor road, referred to as the Keithhall Link Road (KLR), will connect from the B9170 Oldmeldrum Road in the north, to the A96(T) Thainstone Roundabout in the south. The new road will allow a bypass route of Inverurie town centre, which will alleviate a heavily trafficked route and provide a long term future for further housing within Inverurie. Accessibility There is a good level of existing walking, cycling, and public transport provision located adjacent to the Bancon sites. A combination of Wider Network Core Paths, Existing Proposed Core Paths, and New Proposed Core Paths, are located next to the respective Bancon sites. To facilitate safe and convenient access by walking and cycling, each site would be capable of providing the required infrastructure connections to the core path network. All footway improvements would be designed in accordance with Aberdeenshire Council’s Standards for Road Construction Consent and Adoption. Site specific infrastructure, such as bus lay-bys or layouts which can accommodate bus penetration, would be considered as individual schemes are progressed and the requirements of Aberdeenshire Council and public transport operators are incorporated. Of the sites considered, Keithhall would have a significant benefit in terms of sustainable access as it is located within a convenient 20-minute walk time of Inverurie Train Station. A Travel Plan leaflet would be produced for the residential sites which contains a development and wider area map and include up to date public transport timetables, with a summary of local services located within the leaflet, as well as local taxi information. The leaflet will introduce the development and contains a section detailing the health / financial benefits of using modes of transport other than the car. The map will detail the location of bus stops, stations, schools and local facilities such as shops, community centres, leisure centres, libraries etc. and will indicate the time it would take to walk / cycle to these locations. AECOM 5 Capabilities on project: Transportation People trip Assessment In accordance with the National Policy guidance provided in the Scottish Executive publication Transport Assessment and Implementation: A Guide, a people trip assessment approach has been adopted within the Transport Assessment. The trip rates for the residential element have been calculated utilising the agreed trips rates that were within the December 2009 Inverurie Traffic Capacity Study 2, produced by SIAS, Aberdeenshire Council’s Transport Consultant. Development Testing Scenarios Modelling work has been undertaken by AECOM in respect of the Local Development Plan allocations, including the various sites controlled by Bancon Developments. The LDP is currently split into two phases, the first running from 2007 to 2016 with the second running from 2017 to 2023. 9 development scenarios have been tested overall as indicated below. Four scenarios were modelled for Phase 1 (up to 2016). Scenarios 1 and 2 provide a direct comparison with and without a Keithhall Link Road (KLR) respectively. Scenarios 1,2,3,4 provide a comparison of allocating development to a number of different sites around Inverurie. A further 5 scenarios were modelled for Phase 2 (2017 to 2023). Scenarios 5, 6 and 7 provide a comparison of allocating the Phase 2 development levels to a number of different sites around Inverurie with the Keithhall Link Road in place. A further test, Scenario 8, was undertaken to assess the impact of full development of the Crichie and Thainstone sites without the inclusion of the Keithhall Link Road. The concept of “major mitigation works” to offset the disbenefits of concentrating development at Crichie and Thainstone was subsequently investigated in Scenario 9 which tested a single grade separated junction on the A96 Trunk Road replacing Thainstone and Port Elphinstone roundabouts. Scenario 9 resulted in significant queuing through the town. A full breakdown of the development content of the 9 modelled scenarios is shown in Table 2 below. AECOM 7 Capabilities on project: Transportation • 11% - 30% decrease in A96 maximum average queue for the AM period • 49% - 52% % decrease in A96 maximum average queue for the PM period • 42% - 45% decrease in High Street maximum average queues for the AM period • 17% - 22% decrease in High Street maximum average queues for the PM period It can be seen that there would be a betterment in average queuing levels on the A96 and High Street during both the AM and PM periods with the LDP allocations in place along with the Keithhall Link Road infrastructure. This once again emphasises the importance of the Keithhall Link Road in supporting the future housing allocations within Inverurie. The Phase 2 journey time analysis for both the AM and PM periods indicate that Scenarios 5, 6 and 7 will operate with results similar to the 2023 Reference Case, while testing without the provision of the Keithhall Link Road (Scenario 8) shows that most key routes will experience significant increases in journey times. The additional testing undertaken in Scenarios 9 demonstrates that while there is an improvement over Scenario 8, the journey
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